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Creator:
Christie, James, 1773–1831
Title(s):
A catalogue of the remaining part of the valuable collection of modern drawings : a few paintings, a set of cartoons by L. da Vinci, consisting of the original designs by that great master, for the heads in his picture of the Last Supper : ... models, in wax and terra cotta, by M. Angelo and G. di Bologna : a few bronzes and antique marble bustos : and an engraved copperplate portrait of the young Duke of Reichstadt, never published ; the property of Sir Thomas Lawrence ... deceased : which will be sold by auction, by Mr. Christie, at his great room, King Street, St. James's Square, on Thursday, the 17th of June, and two following days at one o'clock precisely : may be viewed two days preceding, and catalogues had (at 1s. each) at Mr. Christie's Office, 8, King Street, St. James's Square.
Published/Created:
[London] : [Mr. Christie], [1830]
Physical Description:
28, [1] pages ; 29 cm
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v. 7 no.27 Copy 1 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Rare Books and Manuscripts
N8640 .N6+ v. 8 no.7 Copy 2 Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
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Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Other artists include Wheatley, Bonington, Cipriani, Gainsborough, John Brown, and Stothard, among others.
Getty provenance index databases, sale catalog Br-3528
Lugt, F. Répertoire des catalogues de ventes publiques, 12414
Date of sale: June 17-19, 1830.
Place of sale: London.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 is annotated in ink with sale prices for some lots. Number 27 of 42 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf; with the armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick; signed in manuscript: William Upcott, London Institution, 1819.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 is annotated in ink with sale prices for some lots. Number 7 of 44 auction catalogs bound together. The volume bound in contemporary half calf; with the armorial bookplate of Baron Northwick.
SML,Y X348 C46 I.1830/6/17-19: Some leaves bound out of order. Priced in manuscript, with names of buyers. Lists some additional lots in manuscript.
SML,Y X348 C46 I.1830/6/17-19: Bound with: Christie, James. A catalogue of the first part of the very valuable and extensive collection of engravings, in the portfolio of Sir Thomas Lawrence. [London], 1830.
Subject Terms:
Art -- Private collections -- Great Britain -- Catalogs.
Art auctions -- England -- London -- Catalogs.
Bronzes -- Catalogs.
Copperplates -- Catalogs.
Decorative arts -- Catalogs.
Drawing, European -- Catalogs.
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, 1769–1830 -- Art collections -- Catalogs.
London Institution -- Ownership.
Northwick, John Rushout, Baron, 1770–1859 -- Bookplate.
Painting, European -- Catalogs.
Prints, British -- Catalogs.
Prints, European -- Catalogs.
Private libraries -- Catalogs.
Sculpture, European -- Catalogs.
Upcott, William, 1779–1845 -- Autograph.
Form/Genre:
Auction catalogs.
Auction catalogs -- 1830. 06 17-19
Auction catalogs -- 1830. 06 17-19
Contributors:
Bonington, Richard Parkes, 1801–1828.
Brown, John, 1752–1787.
Cipriani, Giovanni Battista, 1727–1785.
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727–1788.
Leonardo, da Vinci, 1452–1519. Last supper.
Michelangelo Buonarroti, 1475–1564
Stothard, C. A. (Charles Alfred), 1786–1821.
Wheatley, Francis, 1747–1801.
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